champions, the Cream Team lost the AWF Tag Team titles to the Hellhounds in York, Pennsylvania. Sawyer and Casanova would defend the MEWF belts for nearly a year before leaving the promotion for Eastern Championship Wrestling] in the Fall of 1992. Also that year, the team became the first-ever tag team champions for Atlantic Coast Wrestling Federation. Prior to this, Sawyer became friends with future ECW star Hack Myers. According to Myers, it was Sawyer who gave him the idea to grow his trademark beard to resemble Danzig. Eastern Championship Wrestling (1992) On September 12, 1992, The Cream Team made their Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW debut) defeating The Hell Riders (E.Z. Ryder & H.D. Ryder) at The Aztec Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On October 3, they teamed with Glen Osbourne in a six-man tag team match to defeat Max Thrasher and The Super Destroyers (Doug Stahl & A. J. Petrucci) at the Taber Youth Association. Weeks later at Philadelphia's The Chestnut Cabaret, Sawyer and Cassanova challenged The Super Destroyers for the ECW Tag Team Championship but failed to win the belts. Independent circuit and retirement (1992–1994) At the beginning of 1992, DiMeglio and Sawyer had regained the AWF Tag Team titles from the Hellhounds. The two men remained champions until their breakup in May 1993. DiMeglio and Nick Tarentino, as "The Goodfellows", defeated Rip Sawyer and A. J. Fritzoid for the belts in York that same month and held the belts until the promotion's close that same year. Going their separate ways, Casanova returned to MEWF while Sawyer spent the rest of his career in various independents. A year later, he tried his luck in American Commonwealth Wrestling. He wrestled fellow MEWF veteran Max Thrasher on June 11, 1993, and Rick "The Model" Martel in East York, Pennsylvania two months later. He eventually won the promotion's heavyweight title and held it until March 26, 1994. Shortly before ACW closed, Sawyer lost to Chris Benoit in Cocolamus, Pennsylvania on April 22, 1994. In one of his last matches, Sawyer teamed with Rip Rogers in a tag team match against The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) at WCW Saturday Night on February 18, 1995. Championships and accomplishments American Commonwealth Wrestling ACW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Atlantic Coast Wrestling Federation ACWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with David Casanova Atlantic States Wrestling Alliance ASWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)